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NEW DELHI: The only Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics, shooter Abhinav Bindra , has been recommended for the Bharat Ratna -- the country's highest civilian honour -- by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). On August 11, 2008, the 30-year-old reserved marksman from Zirakpur, Punjab scripted history when he shot an incredible 700.5 to clinch the yellow metal in the Beijing Olympic Games. "We have recommended Abhinav Bindra's name as he is India's only individual gold medal winner in Olympics.

LONDON: Beijing Games gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra today insisted that he has no plans to retire from the sport after crashing out of the London Olympics by failing to make the finals of the 10m air rifle event here. Bindra, who scripted history four years ago by becoming the country's first-ever individual gold medallist in the Olympics, shot 594 out of 600 to finish a shocking 16th out of 47 competitors and lost the golden chance of becoming the world's first shooter to win two successive gold medals at the mega event.

NEW DELHI: Sport, they say, is a great leveller, and the adage that is probably as old as the woods, was exemplified by Gagan Narang's success and Abhinav Bindra's failure at the Olympic Games here today. Bindra became the cynosure of all eyes by clinching a historic gold medal - the first by an Indian shooter in the Olympics - in the Beijing Games in 2008. That was four summers ago, around the same time, but cut to 2012, it is Narang's moment of glory. Narang may have fell short by some distance in replicating what Bindra achieved in the Chinese capital, but for a success-starved sporting nation like India, a country of 1.1 billion, a bronze medal on the planet's biggest sporting spectacle holds a lot of significance.

LONDON: Opening the medals account for India, Gagan Narang on Monday won the country its first medal in the London Olympics 2012 . Narang bagged a bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event. Alin George Moldoveanu of Romania won the men's 10 metre air rifle Olympic shooting gold medal, while Italy's Niccolo Campriani was second. Narang has won numerous medals in the ISSF World Cups, World Championship, Commonwealth Games and the Asiad, besides creating a new world record in 2008, but Olympic glory had always eluded the ever-smiling shooter from Hyderabad.

NEW DELHI: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday donned the uniform of commandos as they were conferred an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army. The two eminent sportspersons were conferred the honour for their outstanding contribution in the field of sports and their commitment to the Army on various occasions. "It's a real honour as I always wanted to be part of the Indian Army.

NEW DELHI: Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra were today conferred the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army by Army Chief General V K Singh here. "Dhoni and Bindra were pipped-in by Gen Singh at South Block today. Dhoni and Bindra have been commissioned as honorary Lt Col," Army spokesperson said here. They have been bestowed the honour for their outstanding contribution in the field of sports and their commitment to Army on various occasions.

NEW DELHI: Star shooter Abhinav Bindra and country's top woman pugilist MC Mary Kom today marked one-year countdown to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games by unveiling a clock at the British High Commissioner's residence here. India's first individual Olympics gold medallist Bindra and Olympic aspirant Mary Kom, along with Deputy High Commissioner, Julian Evans and Director, British Council , Rob Lynes, unveiled an Omega Countdown Clock, which will tick away the days, hours, minutes and seconds to the beginning of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics inaugural event on July 27 next year.

MUMBAI: Sports management company Professional Management Group has signed Abhinav Bindra , India's only individual Olympic gold medallist, under which it will be exclusively looking after the rifleman's brand endorsements and other commercial commitments. Chaired by cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and co-owned by Adman Sam Balsara and outdoor specialist Noomi Mehta, the company will focus on Bindra's image building and reputation management, a media release said.

GUANGZHOU: Star shooter Gagan Narang today launched India's medal quest in the 16th Asian Games with two silver medals on an otherwise unproductive opening day of competitions which was marked by the controversial elimination of Olympic hero Abhinav Bindra . Narang, the hero of the recent Commonwealth Games in Delhi with four gold medals, claimed the silver in the 10m air rifle individual event and then teamed up with...